When I first started my work as a numerologist, a client asked me if I could hypnotize them into a past life. It was a reasonable request as that experience complements an Inner-Soul numerology reading. I did the session and my client had a positive experience. Since that time, I have had many more clients ask the same question, as well as other questions like, “Are past lives real?”, “Can I get stuck in a past life?”, “Will I regress to a scary place or feel pain?”, “Will I experience my death?”, “Could I have been Cleopatra?”, and so on. These are great questions. There is a lot of curiosity around the topic, so I will make my best attempt to answer these questions in this blog.

Past-life Regression (PLR), Past-life Exploration (PLE), and my preference, Inner-Soul Exploration (ISE), are just some of the names given to the experience of past lives during hypnosis. In a session, a client is brought into a deep state of relaxation and then regressed further into a past life experience. Sometimes, clients may choose to be regressed in a general way using the imagination to follow a path to the past, and other times, the client may be regressed through an emotion, pain, phobia, or other experience that is chronic in their current life. Often clients seek an ISE as an opportunity to explore a current problem by identifying its potential roots in a past life. An ISE can also simply be done out of curiosity as to what may have been experienced in a past life. Either way, the experience is brought into the present to effect healing and positive change.

To answer some of the concerns that clients have expressed, let’s start with whether or not past lives are real. That depends on personal belief systems. If one believes in reincarnation, the experience will be very real. Those that do not believe in reincarnation may experience the ISE as the subconscious revealing symbolic information to help the client grow and realize positive change. This can be viewed in the manner that a dream may be experienced. Certain dreams are symbolic and help us to understand what is happening in our conscious state. The answer to the second question, “Can you get stuck in a past life?”, is no. When in hypnosis, the client is in a relaxed to deeply relaxed state, yet aware. The client can be brought out of the state of hypnosis with simple suggestions. As far as the third question goes, if a client is finding an experience to be scary or painful in any way, the suggestion to withdraw from the scene and view it as if it were a movie is made to create space between the client and the experience. The question about experiencing death is a common one. A client is brought to the moment of their death and beyond into a space between lives. This experience is a transition that allows for growth and understanding not fear. The question about Cleopatra is entertaining. While it is possible to have had a famous or even infamous past life, it is not likely. Most regressions are more ordinary. In fact, sometimes a client doesn’t experience anything. Why? Possibly, the client is too nervous or self-conscious to release into the experience and that is okay. When the client is ready, the experience will happen.

So, for example, if a client has a persistent fear of water, they may find out that in a past life they drowned. Many times, phobias that have no explanation in this life will have their roots in a past life. The same goes for chronic pain or discomfort. A client may find out that they had an injury in a past life to a part of their body in which they currently experience chronic pain. Another common experience for clients is their recognition of friends and/or family members in past lives. Often, soul groups reincarnate together to achieve their contracted learning experience; a soul reincarnates to learn different lessons that will enhance their soul growth to another level. A good way to investigate an ISE is to take notes afterward on the place, year, environment, clothing, shoes, experiences, and whatever other information you recall and Google it. You may find nothing or you may be surprised at what you find.

Overall, ISE’s are positive for the client. It is an experience that is fascinating and life enhancing. I would encourage a client to follow their curiosity. The information that comes up can truly inform this lifetime in a way that can effect positive change and healing that would, under ordinary circumstances, take a lifetime!